معذرت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.zi.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.zɪ.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.zɪ.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.zɪ.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.zi.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ze.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.zi.ɾǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'zirat
Dari reading?	ma'zirat
Iranian reading?	ma'zerat
Tajik reading?	maʾzirat

Noun

معذرت • (ma'zerat)

1. excuse; apology
2. (archaic) forgiveness, pardon
   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 734”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     صائب مباش در صدد معذرت که نیست
     بهتر ز انفعال، شفیعی گناه را

     sā'ib ma-bāš dar sadad-i ma'zirat ki nēst
     bihtar zi infi'āl šafī'-ē gunāh rā

     Sā'ib, do not seek forgiveness! For there is not
     Any intercessor for sins who is better than shame.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• معذرت خواستن (ma'zerat xâstan, “to apologize”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معذرت (ma'zirat), from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ʔ).zə.ɾət̪/

Noun

مَعْذَرَت • (mā'zarat) f (Hindi spelling माज़रत)

1. apologies, sorry, excuse, pardon

References

• “معذرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “معذرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.